Feature request: better label management

[slundi]

Hi

Is it possible to have those UI improvements:

• specify label(s) while adding torrent
• when setting label on a torrent, the select is hiding the Save and Cancel buttons
• with a right click, in the menu: can we have the existing label list to apply them on torrents
• always keep some labels (movie, tv, anime, game, ...) because when no torrent have the label it disappears

Regards

[qu1ck]

specify label(s) while adding torrent

It is supported. Update your transmission server to v4

when setting label on a torrent, the select is hiding the Save and Cancel buttons

Yes. Do you have a better suggestion? The multiselect ui element with ability to add free form text is the only one that fits the requirements here. Only thing I can think of that can replace it is a much more complex multi checkbox list + a separate add button which is worse in my opinion than just a click to hide the dropdown.

with a right click, in the menu: can we have the existing label list to apply them on torrents

No, such UI would give a false impression that labels can be added/removed without affecting existing labels of torrents but that is not how transmission's api works.

always keep some labels (movie, tv, anime, game, ...) because when no torrent have the label it disappears

This can be added

[jpovixwm]

No, such UI would give a false impression that labels can be added/removed without affecting existing labels of torrents but that is not how transmission's api works.

I think this could work if it was restricted to single row selection. Make it a submenu with all the currently-applied labels with checkmarks to the left of each item, together with known and not-yet-applied labels without checkmarks. This would make it possible to quickly apply or remove a label from a single torrent.
However, having the context menu stay open after toggling a label, to enable the quick toggling of more than one label, could be a bit tricky because then it would probably need to be debounced somehow if the user toggles a couple of labels in quick succession, which opens another can of worms😕

[qu1ck]

Its a lot of worms on slow connections and out of order responses. Some of them can be avoided if the "commit" only happens after the menu is closed but it's not worth the trouble imo.

[slundi]

Thanks @qu1ck for your answers.

Transmission v4 is not available in the packages yet (Linux Mint) 😞
So I'll have to install it manually.

when setting label on a torrent, the select is hiding the Save and Cancel buttons

Moving the buttons to the top? Increase height of the dialog (to display maybe 5 lines) with empty space

always keep some labels (movie, tv, anime, game, ...) because when no torrent have the label it disappears

This can be added

Great! With icons to be fancy?

[qu1ck]

So I'll have to install it manually.

Docker image is best if you want fast updates without the hassle of compiling yourself.

Moving the buttons to the top? Increase height of the dialog (to display maybe 5 lines) with empty space

I will play with this idea and see how it looks in practice

With icons to be fancy?

No icons, it will be user configurable and empty by default because everyone uses different labels and even in different languages.

[jfeilbach]

@slundi See https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?p=2369958#p2369958

[qu1ck]

Implemented in v1.3.0